kilo

«kilo» in Mova's school dictionary: short for a kilogram, a unit of mass equal to a thousand… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a kilo, kilos); prefix (kilo-)

meaning for a pupil

1) A kilo is short for a kilogram, a unit of mass equal to a thousand grams. tree →

2) The prefix kilo- means a thousand, as in kilometre and kilowatt. tree →

3) (informal) Sometimes short for kilometre. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used every day in shops, cooking and maths. Phrases: «a kilo of apples», «per kilo», «price per kilo». In maths, convert between grams and kilos.

examples

• Mum bought a kilo of potatoes. tree →
• Apples cost two pounds a kilo. tree →
• A kilo is a thousand grams. tree →
• The baby weighs four kilos. tree →
• I ran five kilos — I mean kilometres! tree →
• Bananas are sold by the kilo. tree →

note

Plural: kilos. Symbol kg for kilogram. 1 kg = 1 000 g; 2.5 kg = 2 500 g; 750 g = 0.75 kg. US people often use pounds: 1 kg is about 2.2 pounds.

In the corpora

• After an amount French uses de: un kilo de pommes, une bouteille d'eau, un paquet de chips; kilo is masculine.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kilo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.